UPDATE: Six sent to hospital after Sunday wreck on May River Road

Seven people were involved in a wreck on Sunday evening that closed May River Road for more than two hours.

The Bluffton Township Fire District and the Beaufort County EMS were sent to a wreck at the intersection of May River and Gibbet roads at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Two people were trapped. Of the total seven people involved, two were flown by Life Star to Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah with serious injuries. Four were taken to a hospital by ambulance and one refused treatment at the scene, according to Randy Hunter, spokesman for the fire department.

The S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.

According to Beaufort County Detention Center records, Bluffton resident Juan Carlos Sonanes, 36, was arrested in connection to the wreck on suspicion of driving without a license, driving without proof of insurance, driving under suspension, failure to register his vehicle, open container, hit and run with injuries and two counts of felony driving under the influence.

According to a report from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, who assisted at the scene, Sonanes fled the scene by foot. Deputies and a K-9 unit searched the perimeter to locate the suspect. Once captured, he was turned over to the highway patrol, who arrested him.

Sonanes is being held for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the detention center records. His arrest record says he was born in Mexico.

In 2007, Sonanes was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, without a driver's license and leaving the scene.

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This scumbag did this before and was let go with a small fine? What I want to know is who is the scum bag employer, because this scum would not even be here if the scum bag employer did not hire him. I feel that the employer should also be held accountable for hiring him and breaking our immigration laws. Take the scum bag employers license and fine them extensively or jail time would work.

We need more road blocks around here this would help hinder scum from driving under the influence and get these lawbreakers out of mu community. Just think these people cannot even sue this scum, because he is illegal and has no insurance.

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